Barrel-head seal.



A. J. HODGE & H. B. HUGGLES.

BARREL HEAD SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ |915.

1,268,46 1 Patentedune 4,1918.

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- A. I. HODGE a. H. RUGGLES.

BARREL HEAD SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED Aus. I. I9I5.

rammed June 4., 1918.

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, UNTTED STATES PATENT QFFTCE.

ARTHUR J`.

HODG-E HENRY '13. RUGGLES, yOIE PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN PRODUCTSCOMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BARREL-nnen SEAL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed4 August 7, 1915. aerial No. 44,237.

To all whom tmay concern:

Be it known that we, ARTHUR J. Hoven and HENRY B. RUGGLES, citizens of the United States, residingat Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Head Seals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to certain' new and useful improvements in barrel head seals and fasteners, and has for its primary object, the provision of a barrel head seal of the form shown in our copending application, Serial No. 44,454, filed Aug. 9, 1915, and which will be an improvement over the same and especially adapted for securing and sealing in position barrel heads of the type shown in our co-pending applications, Serial Nos. 21,432, filed April 14, 1915, and 24,077, led April 26, 1915. Y,

The invention has for another object, the provision of a seal and fastener which will be constructed in such mannerl that when being placed in position, it will serve when pressed upon to draw together and expand radially spaced ybarrel .heady members to tighten the same within the crozel of a receptacle, such asa barrel.

The invention has for another object, the provision of an improved form of ybarrel head seal and fastener of this character,

whichmay be readily and securely fastened .in position to seal within a receptacle the head with which the seal is engaged.

The invention has for a further object, the provision Iof a barrel head seal and fastener ofthe above stated character, which will be ofextremelysimple. construction,

composed of the minimum number of parts,

and in which a isealing ringvmayl be employed and clamped around theY beveled edges of the main and auxiliary seal members to prevent independent movementy of the same or lwithdrawal of the seal from the barrel head to permit removal of the latter,

kwithout destruction of the sealing ring.

The Ainvention has for a still further object, ;the provision of a barrel head seal and fastener of this 'character which will be vided for this purpose, after said main and auxiliary seal members have been secured in position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in they novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will ybe hereinafter more in detail described, and the asserted novelty specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which clearly and fully illustrate the invention Figure 1 is a top plan view of a barrel head secured and sealed in position with our improved barrel head seal,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the barrel head and barrel, with the main seal member inserted through the barrel head members,

Fig. 3 is a similar view with the main and auxiliary seal members in operative position, the barrel head expanded, and the sealing ring placed in position to be clamped around the body or main portions of the main and auxiliary seal members,

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the sealing ring clamped in position,

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the seal, with the sealing ring in position and clamped,

Fig. 6 is a detail top plan view of the main seal member,

v Fig. 7 is a detail bottom plan view of the same,

Fig. 8 is a detail top plan view of the auxiliary seal member, and

Fig. 9 is a detail bottom plan view ofthe same.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates a portion of a barrel or other receptacle, within the croze 2 of which is positioned the inner head member 3, which is preferably fiat and solid and may be formed of any suitable material but preferably of compressed pulp, fiber or the y like, and upon which rests the edge of the outer barrel head member 4, usually of the y same material, which is preferably of concavo-convex form and provided with a radial slit 5 extending from the edge of the outer head member 4to the central opening 7 which .is .suitably reieford? as will .be

ling 7 isdirectly above the reinforced-central opening 6 o fthe yinner 'head member. This construction of the head is clearly vand fully described in and covered by our co.-

pending application, Serial No. 24,077, and does not form a part ofthe subject matter of this application, but is shown and briefly described in this application so that 'this form lof barrel head sealmay-be illustrated and described as applied to this type of'barrel head. Y l

In the present formy of barrel head seal, the body or main or horizontal portion 8 of the main seal member has its .outer edge beveled downwardly and inwardly, the purpose of which will presently appear, and

yhas a shank 9 extended from the sameand bent downwardlyfrom about the center of said -body or main `horizontal portion 8, the sides of the shank 9 b eing cut away from the body 8 by cutting the latter inwardly from one edge along the `sides of said shank 9, asl will be readily understood by referring to Fig. 6., thereby providing the opposite spaced portions 10 of said body which in turn have their inner straight edges, beveled inwardly and downwardly toI form the seats 11, the purpose of which will also ,presently appear. y

The shank`9 has its lower lend enlarged and bent at a vright angle to form the'hook'12 for engagement with the lower face. 0r inner face `of thefinner head -member 3 4to one side of the reinforced central opening 6, thereof, after'the, main seal member has been `placed in position and the shank 9 thereof inserted through the openings 7 and 6 of ysaid head members 4 and 3 respectively and the -main seal member moved to one side lof said openings 7 and 6, it being understood.- th'at when n forcing the shank 9 through the opening 6 by pressing downwardly -uponfthe body- 8 of the main seal member, the central portion of the outer head member 4 is pressed toward the central portion of the head member 3, and the barrel head thereby .expanded andtightened in the croze 2, the slit 5 permitting Vthe proper horizontal expansion' of the-head member 4 vas well as the proper y radial .expansion of the same.

.After the main sealA member', has been" forced to, operative position, -as shown `in Figs. 3 and 4 vin-t'he drawings, 'the auxiliary seal member is inserted by way ofthe space betweenthe portions 1,0 of the Vbody '8 :of

the main. seal member, the depending lportion .13` of fthe auxiliaryy seal vmember entering thelcentral openings 7 and 6 vrearwardly of Atheshank k9 andpreventing movementof v theflatter, while the head or 'horizontal portion .14, lof said lauxiliaryV seal member "rests between the portions 10 ofthe heads' of .Said

main yseal member, .said body or horizontal. portion 14 having its Vopposite"y side faces 15 'beveled to rest upon the seats 11, previously mentioned, f thereby' limiting ewlwafrd movement ef. the euXilireI-yf Seal member- The outer face 16 is rounded and beveled linwaridly and downwardly to form a con- --tinuation of the outer edge of the body 8 .'(not shown), the sealing ring 17 is clamped tightly -around ythe inwardlyl and :downwardljy beveled edges of the said heads 8, and 14,-and Vunder the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5,` :forming a lower inturned flangev 19 whichy prevents removal o-f 'the sealing ring 17', after the same has once been clamped 'in tposition, without injuring or destroying the sealing ring 17., It will therefore be seen that after a barrel head or the like has been secured and sealed in position, with the form of barrelhead seal disclosed in this application, itA will ible impossible'for unauthorizedp'arties to remove the theme.. j

While the preferred embodiment ofthe head without frstdestroying the sealing ring 1 7 andtherebyv lleavingv evidence of invention hasbeen shown and' illustrated, it

.will be understood that minor changesin the' details 'of construction 'and' arrangement of parts may be resorted to within'thezscope-of the appended claimswithout .departing from of the .advantages ofthe same;

What is claimed ist? Y f1). A barrel head seal` oolnprisiri-g'f-l main and auxiliary seal"members having` vbody A. portions'-provided with beveled edges, and a l sealing ringgngaged around said body portions and' inclosin'g said beveled edges.

y A barrel Iheads'eal comprising a main sealmember including fa shank Vand a body,

" said body having itsdedgeibeveled inwardly t e spirit of 'theinvention -orsacrificing anyA p and" downwardly, anlau-Xi-liaryseal member including@ Shsk'endabodyiherSt-mentionedbody having. an opening: formed 'therein,n' the secondv mentioned 'body resti-ng in said opening and lhaving its' outer edge y*beveled inwardly andl downwardly and' forming a continuation of the beveled Vedge of the `firstl mentioned body., andv agsealing ringjengaged around saidbeveled edges, of

"said bodies and lerdi'ending'over*and under` *Beletterc 3.'. barrel'head seal comprising af'malin jsealmember adapted; to be pressed upon for expanding andsecuring'a "barrelhead in po sition within a receptacle, an auxiliary seal member coperating with said main seal member, and a sealing ring inclosing portions of said main seal member` and said auxiliary seal member and preventing independent movement of the same.

4. A barrel head seal comprising a main seal member and an auxiliary seal member removably engaged in a barrel head, pressure on main seal being adapted to expand and secure the head in position, said main and auxiliary seal members having beveled Y portions outwardly of the barrel head, and a sealing ring clamped around said beveled portions to prevent independent movement or Withdrawal of said main and auxiliary seal members from said head.

5. A barrel head seal comprising a main seal member and an auxiliary seal member, said main seal member having a head provided With a beveled outer edge, said main seal member including a depending shank, the auxiliary seal member including a head engaged in the head of the main seal member and provided with an outer beveled edge forming a continuation of the beveled outer edge of the main seal member head, and a scaling member engaged against the beveled edges of the heads of the main and auxiliary seal members and extending above and beneath said heads, said auxiliary seal member also including a depending portion for cooperation with the depending shank of the main seal member.

6. A barrel head seal comprising a main seal member including a circular head having a beveled outer edge and provided with an opening at one side, an auxiliary seal member including a head engaged in the opening of the iirst mentioned head and provided With a beveled outer edge, and a sealing ring clamped upon the beveled outer edges of said heads to lock together said main and auxiliary seal members.

7. A barrel head seal including a main seal member and an auxiliary seal member having depending portions for engagement through said head, pressure on said main seal member adapting it to expand and secure the head in position Within the receptacle; said main and auxiliary seal members having outer flat portions engaged one in the other and provided with an outer circular beveled edge, and a sealing ring clamped around said outer circular beveled edge and bent over and under said outer fiat portions to lock together and prevent Withdrawal of said main and auxiliary seal members and thereby seal the receptacle head in position.

In testimony whereof We ax our signatures.

ARTHUR J. HODGE. HENRY B. RUGGLES.

copie: of this patent my be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the ommlnioner ef Patente,

Washington, IME." 

